Parsons High School - Norseman Yearbook (Parsons, KS)

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cg. A, A. tll FItIlil'lS President . . . Blareelline Turner Vice-president. . Ellen Morrissey Secretary . . . . Marguerite Startz Treasurer . Virginia Lovelace The Girls' Athletic Association is an organization sponsored by Miss Ann Theilen, instructor ot' the girls' gymnasium classes in the high school. This year the club adopted a new system of points whereby a member might gain a letter for her efforts in the gymnastic field. The purpose of this club is to lurtlver interest in girls' athletics as the means of promoting good fellowship, physical etliciency, and high scholarship and to boost all school activitfes. Pep Club A newly organized Pep Club was introduced in the High School this term. .lo Ann Maylen and Loy Hlght were cheer leaders. and Miss VVilma VVellsg sponsor. The Pep Club furnished much of the cheering for the football and basket hall games, and when interest in the games was lagging this club was always ready with a cheer, urging our boys on to victory. New uniforms were chosen with the consent of the members. They are dark skirts or trousers, white shirts or sweaters. orange ties, blue letters, and orange and blue caps. This club was very successful in its purpose, To create a better school spirit. It IS hoped that it will continue in the future and have a large membership of both boys and girls. PARSONS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Page Forty-six

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Press Club The Journalism classes of Mr. YVilliam Moore have organized into the Press Club. Its members cons st of the staff classes and the cub classes. In a meeting held the second remester in the cafeteria of the school the members and sponsor were privileged to hear Mr. Sehoenhorn, ticket agent for the M. K. T., tell of the newspapers and magazines of the Navy. He is the proud owner of a map whei eon was planned the battle of Manila Bay. Previous to the speech made by Mr. Schoenhorn, the members pres- ent Were served a dnner. This club has not been very active this year, but in the future Mr. Moore hopes to make it the outsland ng club in the field of journalism. 0 F F I C E R S President .... . . Garnett Skeeters Vice-president . . . . Francis Chenoweth Secretary-Treasurer . . . Floyd Goodrich Reporter ..... . . Eugene Grasty The Future Farmers of America is an organization of agriculture students under the supervision of Mr. Jewett. This year the club has had many special activities. Every year some members of the club attend the American Royal to see the live stock show in which they are greatly interested. Next year Mr. Jewett hopes they will be able to enter some live stock in the American Royal at Kansas City. One of the greatest features of this club is their entrance in a Judg- ing Contest of Southeast Kansas, held at the Parsons Fair Grounds. Open house April 13 gave the members an opportunity to show their Work in an exhibit. NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR Page Forty-seven

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Music Orchestras The Parsons High School orchestra is composed of sixty pieces. It has contributed to many school programs :md will partake in the Spring Festival. The L'ttle Symphony has about thirty members. These are the older and more advanced players and must l,:e elected in order to fill a position in the organization. The aim of this group is to work on better and more ditlicult music which cannot he played by a larger group. This orchestra made trips to Miami, Oklahoma, and to Independence. When exchange programs were given with the other high schools the Little Symphony was sometimes included in the program. ln order to make this group a success practices were held after school, and lnuch credit is due to the members for their faithful attendance. Chorus The mixed chorus has a membership of about fifty. At Easter time they presented The Seven Last VVords, by DuBois. The girls of this group went. to Pittsburg to enter the annual con- test this year. A special feature of this contest was the girls' quartet, which consisted of Mary Markhaln, Mary Louise Evert, Marjorie. Davis, and Margaret Belle King. The soloists were Mary Louise Evert, soprano, and Margaret Belle King, contralto. The girls' glee club placed third in the contest. Those attending werei Anita VVarden, Mary Markham, Irene McCormick, Louise Stanridge, Alice Scaletty, Mary Evelyn Flowerree, Margaret Helen Tyler, Enid Pal- mer, Zella Dunford, Eleanor Rouch. Inez Allen, Velda Minton, Marie Caldwell, Suelee Galvin, Thelma McKinley, Bernice Willson, VVilma Thompson. Mary .lane Conroy, Elaine Davis, Dorothy June Calmhack, Marjorie Davis. .lean Gilbert. Charlotte Dunford, Daza Reed Barnes, Virginia King, Margaret Belle King, Getella De Jarnette, Otalee Bradley, Marian Meador, Marv Martha Russell. Martha Hardin, Lavon Massie. Louise Blackburn, Ellen Morton, Dorothy Jean Knauer, Helen McAlwee, Florence Marie Columbia, Louise Allen, Louise, Smith, Ina Mae Smith, Ida Mae Frame, Keitlia Trammel, and Mary Louise Evert. Francis Camp- bell was the accompanist' NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR Page Forty-five